NOT MUCH CHANCE OF WORLD'S SERIES; HARRISBURG RAILROADERS BEAT ALTOONA
HILL CONTEST
ON THURSDAY
Rain Prevented Champion
ship Battle Between Two
Crack Ball Clubs
The heavy downpour of rain yes
terday-was not sufficient to dampen
the ardor of baseball fans who
journeyed to the Allison Hill dia
mond to see the first gjime of the
nost-season series between the Read
ing Railways A. A. ana the Rose
wood A. C. While there was no rain
during Ihe time Mien the game was
to have been played, throughout the
(lay the downpour had put the dia
mond ih bad condition and early In
t*>c evening word went out that tho
game was off. This contest will be
played August 8.
According to the schedule ar-
the next game will be play
ed Thursday evening of this week,
with tha other two contests to come
Tuesday and Thursday of next week.
Rain yesterday bringing the post
ponement clinches the fact that the
series will go over into next week,
as Thursday night will -be the only
contest to be playtxl this week.
In spite of the faet> that Hill pa
•~"ns have had a chance to com
pare the relative merits of the two
learns that were tied at the close of
the season, each nine has its fol
lowers who are that their
team' is the better. Managers Press
ler and Killinger have two teams
that are well balanced, and player
for player there is little to choose.
This is evidenced by the fact that
each aggregation won and lost the
same number of contests m the
schedule that started May 6.
The city niehwav department will
nut the infield into shape again for
the final series, smoothing out some
of the uneven places caused *by the
rain. Red Cross girls will also be
on hatiu giving the patrons an op
portunity to contribute to this im
portant brarich of the war-work.
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Lines to a Howitzer
BY hBAXTMNI), RICE .
Lieut. 115tli Field Artillery, A. F,. F.
[Copyright. 1918, by the Tribune As
sociation (New York Tribune)]
Tilt up your long, black, ugly snout !
And let it lift against the sky,
For when you bark your message out
We hear the roar of Freedom's cry;
We've done with qulDble and debate
Here, where the Hun line looms in
' view,
And out beyond the call of fate
We've turned the answer back to
you.
No one might call you. at your best,
A thing of beauty, pal of mine,
Your low, squat foYm is hardly blest
With any grace that's near divine;
"ou're not an ornament for home.
You'd never make ah artist cheer,
Rut wheresoever. I may roam
T only hope that you are near.
You're • id looking—if they will—
At > dull and all of that;
Rut wt"-" they want some distant
hill
Turned into level ground—or flat—
Or when they want some Hun-bred
crew
Ground into sansasv, rear or far.
My little bet goes down on you \
Against'whatever odds there are. j
You may he sullen, as they say,
A lop-eared grouch, or even worse, j
But when they ner-d an open way j
Before the dough-boys start to curse, I
<">r where, beyond the massing men |
They need some one to slam the lid, j
We know well get the #nswer when |
We turn and say—"Go to it, kid." I
What They Did Yesterday;
Where They Play Today.
American 1/o agiie
Cleveland, 4; Athletics, 2, (first
ffanie).
Cleveland, 5: Athletics, 1, (second
game).
Washington. 3; Chicago. 0.
Detroit, 3: New York, 0.
Boston, 11; St. Louis, 4.
National League
All games postponed, rain.
STANDING OF TlfE CU BS
American League
W. L. Pet.
Boston 58 3.3 .611)
Cleveland 54 42 .563
"Washington 51 43 .543 1
New York 48 44 .511 I
Chicago 43 49 .46*
Detroit 42 51 .452 j
St. Louis 41 51 .446 j
Athletics 37 55- .402'
National League
W. L. Pet.
Chicago 59 32 . .648 j
New York 56 35 .615 |
Pittsburgh 47 42 .528
Phillies 42 47 .472 j
Cincinnati 41 48 .461
Boston 41 52 .441
Brooklyn 38 50 .4321
St. Louis •38 56 .364 j
SOHEDI'LE FOR TODAY 1
American league
Washington at Chicago.
Athletics at Cleveland.
New York at Detroit.
Boston at St. Louis.
National League
Pittsburgh at New York.
Cincinnati at Philadelphia.
Chicago at Boston.
St. Louis at Brooklyn.
Class 1 Players Barred
From Shipyard Teams
Ball players in Class 1 cannot I
go to work for the Emergency
Fleet Corporation and thus play
with the Shipyard league teams. I
according to the interpretation of
the Pennsylvania Draft Bureau i
authorities of an order Issued by i
the provost marshal general's de- 1
partment here yesterday.
The order applies only to Class
1 men and not to ball players who i
are in Class 4A. who are married
and with dependent wives and
children, or Class 28, married men 1
whose wives are capable of earn- [
ing their own living, if their hus- !
bands are called for military *er- |
vice.
Fans have been looking for some
time for a general Jump of hall
players at the end of the big
league season to the tleet teams |
and the teams of the big steel cor- j
porations, ftut the order of Gen- (
eral Crowder will prevent this.
As a result of the exhaustion of j
Class 1 men it is likely that there '
will be a reclassification of men in
Classes 2, S and 4. Men who have
wives that can live on revenues
collected from rents or other I
sources will be put into Class I, it
is expected.
WEDNESDAY EVENING
Snoodles He Proved HU Argument >; f-JUtlgcrford,
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There Is No Joy in Altoona
Since Harrisburg P.R.R. Won
Five thousand employes of the!
P. R. R. from Altoona and the I
neighborhood. not forgetting to!
j mention many hundreds of fanettes, [
I by all accounts appear to be in a
sort of trance ever since last Satur-1
day, when for the first time in five J
long seasons of baseball a P. R. R.
team other than Altoona won an
Eastern Division championship. It)
was Harrisburg, representing the
Middle division, which pulled wide •
the throttle and telescoped the Al- j
toona Machine Shop, 7-4.
In Altoona even the baseball i
writers cannot account for the un-1
expected tragedy,—and tragedy it j
was, for the whole city was backing j
Machine Shop heavily. As for the |
husky Harrisburg railroaders, they
have been chuckling all this week!
and telling about their sweet vie-!
tory. "Four we traveled up •
there," reminded Bill Runk, "and
never could notch them. But this'
time, well, you want to hand some
thing to Catcher Hippensteel and to '
First Baseman Palmer for their
stick work. And just to show how
fair we are we would like to have a
nice word for two Altoona stars, D.
Irwin and Ronan. who were there
with the wallops."
Not savage, just a bit peevish, are
the Altoona folks for this totally |
unexpected blow. Says one writer, j
"Altobna outhit Harrisburg and 1
outplayed the visitors in every in- i
ning but two. Further, Machinist*
pounded Beiver for a safe hit In
every one of the nine innings, but
the much needed single to drive
home the running pal was somewhat i
undelivered.
"Regis Irwin winner of two elimi-1
nation battles In the first and second j
rounds, started on the hill for Al
toonp. and Regis chucked nice j
enough baseball but helped spoil J
his own game by falling down in j
fielding bunt taps. Harrisburgers;
rapped four straight bunts to the j
pitcher's box and only one was field- i
ed to make a putout. Irwin stuck j
to the peak until two were out in I
READING DEPOT
MAY BE CLOSED
[Continued from First Page.]
Pittsburgh or Philadelphia, most •
likely at the last named point within I
ten days.
Nothing has been decided finally
with regard to joint operation of pas-"j
senger stations, it was said to-day.,
he regional director is said to be aj
man of open mind and he will basoj
his conclusions largely upon the re- j
ports of experienced railroad men in j
charge of operations, upon whom he:
has relied in other emergencies of the
kind. It was pointed out that a com- j
bination of station facilities here j
might not work out very well. The]
Pennsylvania station is already]
crowded almost to capacity and the
traffic is growing. To swing the Resid- I
ing business over to it would onlyj
complicate the situation. Besides the i
Reading passenger trains would have
to be brought into the Pennsylvania j
depot sheds across the Pennsylvania!
freighttracks, which is an undeslr-l
able feature from the freight move- j
ment standpoint. Nor would the com
bination proposed result in the entire
closing of the Reading station, as the '
upper floors are occupied b ythe di-;
vision officials located at this point.
Railroad men say there are many I
places along the yoad where the joint;
operation of passenger facilities is
easily possible and there is little j
doubt that the plan will be put into
effect, at least to a limited degree.!
They say that under the circumstan-1
ces steps of this kind are necessary,
and they are willing to go the limit I
to aid th egovernment in every way (
that will be conducive to the winning!
o? the war.
Real Battle When West
End Meets E. and F.
The West End A. C. will play the
strong Engineers and Kiremen Club i
on the West End field, at Fourth and
Seneca street next Saturday. This
game will be the last of a series, j
i-ach team having won one game, the .
Engineers 2-1 and the West End 6-1.
There is sharp rivalry when these
I clubs meet, as both play In the West
End. Manager Chubb Beatty will
have his strongest combination out
! while the West End team will be i
'without .the services of "Babe" 1
Brown, the fast outfielder, who left
Friday with the draftees for Camp I
l-ee. The management has secured}
| "Tom" Gifrbin. a hard-hitting player
to fill his place.
The West End now has ten former
players serving with Uncle Sam. Mc- j
("urly. the fast first sacker. has gone
to the Central Iron Works, but hopes j
!to be able to play in this game. The
j rest of the team will remain intact. I
Library to Reopen
Tomorrow Morning
; . 6 i
The HarrlHburg Public Library!
will reopen to-morrow morning, all;
of the painting and renovation work
. under way for the last month hav-;
• ing been completed and everything!
having been put in readines." for .the
resumption, of library work by Mif*
A lice It. Eaton, the librarian and
1 member of her staff.
The Library hours will be from <9
to 0 until further notice. Plans fori
the Saturday Children's work will be 1
, announced.
J the sixth when a drive from Fellow's
I bat knocked the curver'B pitching
! thumb out of business. Johnny
McNeils finished the game and say,
' the kid's hurling was the one Ma
< hinist redeeming feature of the
day."
"Telling about Harrisburg's runs
isn't a pleasant duty to any Altoona
rooter but they have to be told Just
! the same. Harrisburg didn't do< any
thing until the third. Then things
happened aplenty.
"Alcorn hit R. Irwin, who fum
bled. Fellow bunted and R. Irwin
j chucked late, wide and entirely
I wrong to second for a forceout and
both hands were safe. Anderson
bunted and he got credit for a single
as Irwin allowed the tap to hop slow
ly past him to Ronan. With the
bases full Moore bunted and Irwin
made a classy pickup and Alcorn was
out at home. Embick shot a single
! to right, the pill bouncing D. Irwin's
head as both Fellow and Anderson
.-cored. Wrightstone lined to Fagan.;
Mike missing a double play. Palmer
shot a two baser to left and Embick
tallied the fourth run.
"The sixth is described as follows:
Palmer opened with a Texas leaguer
to center. Biever went out. Fagan
booted llippensteel's bouncer and
' two were on. Alcorn whiffed. Then
Fellow rapped to D. Irwin, the latter
, chucking wide of Jlrst a.s all runners
were safe. The drive to Irwin knock
ed the right thumb out of joint caus
ing the pitcher to leave the tilt. Mc-
Nelis hit Anderson, forcing a run
home and two more came when
Moore singled. That ended Harris
burg for all time."
j The defeat eliminated Altoona
from participating in the system
general managers baseball honors
and it Is now up to Harrisburg to
uphold Eastern Pennsylvania laurels
by handing trimmings to other divi
sion champs. The winning team
which will long be remembered In
the annals of Pennsylvania Railroad
athletics Included: Anderson, If.;
Moore, ss.; Embick. cf.; Wrlghtstone,
3b.; Palmer,'lb.; Biever. p.: Hippen
i steel, c.; Alcorn, rf.; Fellow, 2b.
Veteran Adams Back
With the Pirates
ADAMS.
"Babe" Adams. veteran pitcher,
; who won a world's championship for
the Pittsburgh Pirates in 1909, has re
i joined the club. Adams was released
by the Pittsburgh Club several years
j ago and drifted to the minors. This
. season he was the star pitcher of the
| American Association, winning four
( teen games and losing only t.hree. The
veteran is thirty-five years of age
f and is therefore above the draft age.
j
Magnates Against
Closing August 20
For World Series
Charles A Comiskey, president
i of the Chicago Americans, has is
sued a statement opposing the
suggestion of President Ban John
son, of the league, to close the
| season about August 20 and then
play the world's series.
"I think we should continue to
j play until September 1, the date
} set by Secretary Baker for the sus
j pension of baseball," President
j Comiskey said. "We are drawing
j largest crowds in,the East in sev
eral years, and we should give
j that section of the country its
, share of the schedule as originally
' mapped out."
| Clark Griffith, manager and part
I owner of the Washington 'club,
also .is opposed to curtailing the
j season.
The National League will not
! consent to a plan to stop playing
August 20 so thuf. a world's series
may be Played," Bays Barney Drey
i fuss, president of the Pittsburgh
club, and Who was recently se
lected by the Nationals to con
fer with American League repre
sentatives on the question of se
lecting dates for the annual series.
"We plan to play until Eabor
Pay, i egardless of what the Amer-
I ican League does."
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HAHRISBURG t&Sjffa. TELEGRAPH
BASEBALL HEADS IN
••k. . : J - ? 1 ' r . a ..j; - ... . . - ■ ' • ' *r.
STANDtNo.4ft< , .**g*f. JONM E. BRUCE. CLARK. GRIFFITH. BtXIWOH. JOBW UFIOIEH.
SEATED eAMI'XIMSO4..AOOUSX < £HR(AHN>JOiOCJINtR./
Ban Johnson, president of the American League, and J. K. Tener, president of the National League, have
for some time past, been engaged in a spirited controversy over the placing of baseball player, Scott Perry.
They are shown here in a "getting together" act when they appeared in Washington to present a brief to
General Crowder giving their reasons why baseball should be continued until the end of the season. Ac
cording to the present- order, the leagues will be allowed to go on with regular games until September 1, next.
Left to right, standings John E. Bruce, Clark Griffith, manager of the Washington Americans; B. S. Minor,
president of the Washington Americans; John Heydler, of the New York "Giants." Left to right, seated:
Ban Johnson. president of the American League; August Herrmann, owner of the Cincinnati '"Reds," and John
K. Tener, president of the National League.,
'NO SUCKING'AT
HOME IS MOHO
OF TRAINMEN
Brotherhood Names Commit
tees to See That Every
Man Works Every Day
Slacking on the part of railroad
employes .who are members of the
Brotherhood of Hallway Trainmen,
is not to be permitted. .
The number of men who have fail
ed to receive calls to duty and have
failed to respond after being called,
has ben cut'down appreciably on the
railroads In this section. Keystone
Lodge, No. 42, Brotherhood of Rail
way Trainmen, desires, however, to
obliterate altogether this failure to
stand by the government.
To interview all new men, men on
the extra lists and men .who have
failed for any reason to respond to
the call to duty, the lodge has ap
pointed a committee of ten men, five
from the iddle division and five from
t*he Philadelphia division.
The Middle division committee In
cludes S. H. Derlck, chairman; E. W.!
Mickay, E. E. Kirk, E. B. Smith and
B. T. Hollenbaugh. From the Phila-!
delphia division, D. H. Zorger, is
chairman, with the remainder of the
committee Including W. L. Trout. M.
T. Robinson, A. W. Penner and S.
H. May.
All persons interviewed will have
emphasized for their benefit the fact
that 'by failing to respond to calls for
duty, they are failing to stand by
the United States government. Those
men, who are not members of the
Brotherhood, will be notified that any
failure to respond will automatically
debar them from future membership.
Those who are membets, will be told
that their membwrship will be for
feited by such action.
Kiwanis to Meet Belmonts
in Industrial League
INDUSTRIAL* I.EAGCE
Standing of Club*
W. L Pet.
Appleby ....... 2 0 1.000
Belmont ....... 1 0 1.000
Kiwanis 1 1 .f>oo
West End 1 1 .500
Suburbans 1 1 .500
Newsies 1 1 .500
Baptist 1 2 .333
Evangelicals ... 0 2 .000
To-Mcbt'i Schedule
Kiwanis vs Belmont ,
West End Grounds
All Is ready for the fray scheduled
for to-night when the Kiwanlans will
meet the Belmonts in a battle for
supremacy. The battle 1* to be
staged on thp West End diamond and
the spectators will see a close uume,
It Is predicted by the sage team man
agers. Manager Davis of the now
famous Belmonts boldly asserts that
he has a pitcher to knock the spot*
off the Kiwanii tiger. Hlnkle, the l
HUNDREDS AT
BIG LAWN PARTY
Mr. and Mrs. Frank Anderson
Entertain in Elaborate Man
ner at Underwood Farm
New Cumberland, Pa., July 31.
On Saturday evening a lawn party
was held at the home of Mr. and
Mrs. Frank Anderson, on the Under
wood farm. Refreshments were serv
ed to:
Misses Bertha Hale, Jennie Bishop,
Pearl Strominger, Enlce Rudy, Elva
Eichelberger, Lucilo Drayer, Hazel
Taylor, Esther Taylor, Hazel Ander
son, Esther Anderson. Catherine
Shuler, Nellie Anderson, Minnie
Strock, Minnie Seigler, Rosa Miller,
Wilhelmina Mary Draw
baugh, Pearl Spenkel, Jertnie Hul
ton, Martha Albright, Edna Shaffer.
Mabel Eckert, Mary Knighton, Sara
! Foltz, Anna Eckert, Irene Seaman,
j Celia Ballets, Alda Bates, Evelyn
! Snyder, Helen Axe, Helen Deck,
I Grace McClure, Gladys Deck, Bessie
| Hobough, Edith Eppley, Esther Mc-
Lciuro, Martha Sloat, Mary Cramer,
ISusan Anderson, Ettie Sipe, Cora
i Anderson, Helen Dwyer, of New
I Cumberland; Paul Williams, James l
Miller, Grayson Kckert, Niles Miller. |
i Franklin Fisher, John Nacker, James'
i Snyder, Arthur Drawbaugh.
j. Herman Steigler, Ralph Hale, Paul!
[Hale, Herbert Drawbaugh, James
j Poticker, Jacob Miller, John Kiling
! er, Charles Gehr, Harry Gehr, Albert
McClure, Walter Gardner, Clayton
! McClure, James Foltz, Harry Strock,
j John Strock, Owen Best, James
! Cirando, ".'alter Eckert, William
I Beinhour, Harry Beinhour, George
Shettle, Morrison Johnson, Dewey
Hess, Blain Lefever, Walter Bailetts,
Russell Coover, Paul Dwyer, Elmer
Eichelberger, Buford Sherman, Clar
ence Snoke, Maurice Hutton, William
Flshburn, Joseph Martin, Harold
SnydQr, Ralph Snyder, Robert Sny
der, Orville Snoke. Marlin Snoke,
Chester Anderson, Charles Anderson,
Glen Miller, Norman Rehm, Robert
Mobler, Paul Rhoads, John Eichel-
I berger, Miller Hobough, Raymond
; Hobough, Clarence Dbnyer. Paul
Drayer, Glen Manning, Daniel Detk
i man, Reuben Thompson, Mr. and
i Mrs. Edward Snyder, Mr and Mrs
' Bruce Snyder, Mr. and Mrs. Edward
Anderson, Mr. and Mrs. Ira Shaffer,
Mr. and Mrs. Orville Kohlftr, Mr.
1 and Mrs. Samuel Eckert, Mr. and
: Mrs. Daniel Rehm. Mr. and Mrs.
Frank Anderson. Mrs. Theodore
I Gardner, Mrs. Aqu|lla Donyer, Mrs.
Charles Sipe, Mr. and Mrs. John
; Snoke, Mr. and Mrs. Harry Sloat. '
southpaw, will twirl for the Kiwanii)
demons and he condescends to say
that his arm to-night will push the
bail victory-ward.
A nteeting of the Board of Direc
tors of the Industrial I,eague was
held yesterday to determine an of
ficial umpire.. The well-known ump.
A 1 Baxter, was < lectcd as, the of
ficial mister of the diamond for flic
Industrial l.eague. Baxter is promi
nent in baseball circles here and is
favorably known for his fair de
cisions.
Outlines Qualifications of
Y. M. C.A. Secretaries For
. War Service Overseas
Pennsyivanians apparently do not
have a clear cut Idea as to the kind
of men that are desired for Y. M. C.
A. overseas service. To set them
right, Edward K. Bok, of Philadel
phia, chairman of, the Y. M. C. A.
personnel board of that city, has Is
sued a statement concerning the re
quirements. Writing on what is
wanted and who, he says:
"First.—Executives: which mean
men of executive power capable of
supervising an entire divisional area
of 'huts' and 'canteens;' a chain of
stores, in other words. Every ounce
of ability that an executive possesses
comes into play here. No man is too
big.
"Second. Business secretaries
who can look after the business and
financial side of transportation, buy
ing and stocking prolems. •
"Third. Socia 1 secretaries who
can mix wit hour boys; get up en
tertainments for them; run a movie
machine. " .
, "Fourth. Athletic and physical
directors who understand boxing,
baseball, football, setting-up exor
cises, walking, etc.
"Fifth. Men who can drive au
tomobile trucks and make repairs.
"Thus from the executive to the
experienced chauffeur is there room
for men; hundreds of them.
"As for the requirements;
"First. No one should volunteer
who is within the draft age, wheth
er or not rejected by -the military
authorities or wro Is of German or
Austrian parentage.
"Second. The only necessary
qualification Is that men shall be
honest, clean and decent In thought
and habit.
"Third. The period for which
volunteers are sought is one year.
"Fourth. An allowance where
necessary is made to each volunteer
sufficient to cover all general living
expenses while abroad, together with
transportation over and back.
"Fifth. Where necessary, a rea
sonable but limited allowance will
be made for the support of a family.
"Sixth. Regular uniform, similar
to that worn by the Army, and a
cap designating Y. M. C. A. service
are furnished,
"We are now well over the first
fifty of the second one hundred men
froiy Philadelphia; well on toward
i fhe 250 that we must get by Sep
-1 tember 1.
I "I ask. that every man above the
: military age woh wants to serve his
country and serve It next to our boys
'ever there" will come to see me,
or write to the Curtis Building, Inde
pendence Square. The approval of
the Philadelphia Personnel Board is
now accepted as final by the Y. M.
C. A. headquarters in New York, so
that a man is cleared directly from
i there.
"He can be put in service In
'France, England. Italy. Switzerland
Rurs'a. as hf prefers, or he can serve
i in one of the homo camps here or
on the transports."
CAKH& FOR SOI DIERS
Rpvifv 'lt'-v-'i for Iraln
tnir camns nn<l Y. M. C. A. canteens
pre made every week at the Y. M.
• V bakery in Northampton, Eng
.jnd
JULY 31, 1918.
AROUND THE BASES
The United Sportsmen ended their
annual convention at Stroudsburg
with a bitter denunciation of the
state authorities In the Fish Com
mission "for being alert to arrest any
little pin hook tlsherboy who hap
pens to have a trout under six Inches,
while at the same time he overlook"
a mill that daily pollutes a stream
and kills thousands of fish.
Charlie Humcr, the Marietta shot is
In receipt of a letter of congratula
tion ,from the DnPont Powder Com
pany for his excellent showing at the
Harrisburg and Atglen shoots recent
ly. The Marietta shot figured for a
percentage of 97 for the two shoots
and with a gun of 69 birds placed
himself on the list for another gold
bar making four since the state shoot
here In June.
Burner ran third in the Atglen
shoot with a score of 146 out of 150
birds. Charlie Stewart, of Harris
burg, led with 148 while Fred Plum,
the Atlantic City shot was further
down the list with a score of 141.
After the regular shoot at Atglen,
Burner dropped 46 out of ao birds at
30 yard handicap mark. He grassed
-4 on his first round and 22 on the
final. ,
Richard M. "Dick" Marshal, foot
ball and .track hero a .few years ago
at the University of Pennsylvania,
lias been appointed to second lieuten
ant in the Tank Corps of the National
Army. In 1912 "Marshal became the
idol of the Penn undergraduates and
alumni during the game with the Car
lisle Indians. It was in the last
minute of the play with the Indians
leading 7 to 0 that Marshal took a
punt down almost on his own goal
line and zigzagged his way through
the entire Carlisle team for a touch
down. The goal was kicked and Eenn
earned a tie.
In the following year, his last in
varsity football. Marshal repeated
this feat against Michigan except that
his race down the field for a touch
down in the last minute of play de
feated the Wolverines instead of tie
ing them.
Rain stopped the Industrial League
schedule last evening. To-night the
Kiwanis team will clash with the
Belmont Juniors on the West Knd
field. A 1 Baxter, the well-known local
arbitrator, has been secured to of
ficiate at 'the Industrial League
games and is slated to make his first
appearance this evening.
The Elm Golf Club, an exclusive
organization of limited membership,
30 miles north of Chicago on the
shore of Lake Michigan, has sur
rendered to the women under the exi
gencies of war. i
No woman, it is said, has ever
entered the clubhouse or set foot on
, the links since it opened five years
ago. The board of governors has an
nounced, however, that by a un
animous vote women had been given
complete charge of the property on
Middletown Soldier
Believed Murdered
Believed by San Francisco police
to have been murdered, Willis Glsli,
30 years ol<L who had been serving
with Company B, Bth Ammunition
Train, Camp Fremont, Cal., was
buried at Middletown yesterday.
Gish's body was found soveral
days ago in Frisco Lake. Death, the
police say, was brought about by
twisting an adhesive tape around
Gish's neck.
Gish, a graduate of the Middletown
High school, left town several years
go and had but recently entered the
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Figures Indicate that approximately
400 Washington and Jefferson met
are in service, so that the represen
tation from the athletic ranks Is un
usual. while the number from an In
stitution as small as Washington and
Jefferson is regarded as little short
of phenomenal. 139 of the men are
those from only the four major sports
—football, baseball, track, and ba
ketball—and from one minor sport
tennis. Football claims the greatest
representation, eighty-two 'varsity
gridiron men being numbered among
the 139. Washington and Jefferson
gridiron star, Capt. Ralph Taylor, of
the class of 1914, a former fullback,
was the first officer In the United
States Army to meet death in the
service after this country entered the
war. Captain Taylor was killed in
an airplane accident at Minecla, L. L.
while flying.
The Cleveland American Leaga*
Club yesterday signed Pitcher George
McQuillan, of the Columbus Amerl*
can Association Club, and Outfielder
Rob Reseller, of Louisville, frrr the
rest of t,he season. McQuillan form
erly played with the Philadelphia and
Pittsburgh Nationals, and Reecher
with Cincinnati and New York Na
tionals.
The six-round fights between Bat
tling Levinsky and Harry Greb, Jack
Thompson and Sam Langford, Irieh
Patsy Clino and Willie" Jackson, and
Soldtor Bartfleld and .Jack Britton,
scheduled at Rhlbe Park last night,
were postponed until to-night be
cause of rain.
It will bo interesting te ofcaiTe
! how Princeton's new military course
I will affect athletics at Nassau, not
i only as concerns entering classes, but'
In holding In Princeton students wh;>
in the past have been leaving their
classes and teams for the war. Be
lieving that In the present crisis a!
students who are physically qualified
should have military training, the
trustees of the university have de
cided to require military or naval
training and discipline of all fresh
men who enter Princeton. If par
ents request otherwise it remains
within the discretion of President
Hibben to excuse him.
Steve Yerkes, the Steelton veteran
who reads a good deal now that he
Is crippled with a sore tendon Is
much interested In the case of Soils
Solomon O'Hanna, who was- about t(-
be rejected for the U. S. Marine Ser
j vice for stuttering, although husky
I enough otherwise. As they were
| hesitating whether to turn him off
he broke out:
"L-look here, d-d-d'yon w-a-nt a
t-t-talking m-m-man or a f-ff-flghtlng
m-mman? I'm a f-f-f-flghtlng man,
b-but I c-cant's g-g-get my words out
q-q-q-quick eriought to s-s-s-say s
s-surrender If the whole d-d-d 4
| H-h-un army's to t-t-top o" me."
United States service. He leaves
army insurance of SIO,OOO to his sls
ter, Mrs. Sarah Lauvert 2701 Butler
street, Penbrook.
Gish Is survived by his father,
John Gish, of Trenton, N. J.; five
brothers. Roy Gish. Raymond Gish,
Harvey Gish, Edwin dish and Christ
Gish; three sisters, Mrs. Sadie Lau
ver, of Penbrook; Miss Elizabeth
Gish, Trenton, N. J„ and Miss Mary
Gish.'of Connecticut.
Funeral services were held lata
yesterday afternoon at the home of
ins luroiner, Edwin Gish. in North
Union str.eet. The Rev*. O. M. Ivray
b|il, pastor of the ('htirch of God,
officiated. Interment was in the Mid
dletown Cemetery.
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